How to Make Cascarones (Confetti Eggs)
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on Mar 03, 2020, Updated Mar 15, 2025
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Start a new tradition this year with cascarones—brightly colored, confetti-filled eggs that are the ultimate DIY Easter and fiesta party favor! These festive eggs add a playful surprise to any celebration.
What Are Cascarones?
Cascarones are empty eggshells that have been dyed, filled with paper confetti, and sealed with colorful tissue paper. Their name comes from the Spanish word for shell: “cáscara.” While they are traditionally used during Easter and fiestas, they bring joy to any gathering!
A Family Tradition
Growing up, coloring eggs, filling them with confetti, and breaking them over each other’s heads was a cherished Easter tradition. The laughter, the vibrant colors, and the fun of the hunt made the holiday even more special.
Now, we continue this tradition with our own children, watching their creativity shine as they decorate their eggs. Every year, they get more and more inventive!
Supplies to Make Cascarones
Creating cascarones is easy and fun! Here’s what you’ll need:
- Glue or a glue stick
- Empty, hollowed-out eggshells
- Food coloring or egg dye
- Confetti (store-bought or homemade)
- Scissors
- Small pieces of tissue paper
How to Make Cascarones
Step 1: Hollow Out the Eggs. Carefully crack a small hole at the top of each egg and empty out the contents. (Save the eggs for cooking!) Rinse the shells thoroughly and let them dry completely.
Step 2: Dye the Eggshells. Just like traditional Easter eggs, color your eggs using food dye or egg coloring kits. Let them dry.
Step 3: Fill with Confetti. Gently fill each hollow egg with confetti. You can make your own by cutting up colored paper!
Step 4: Seal with Tissue Paper. Cut small circles of tissue paper. Use glue to secure the tissue paper over the opening. Let dry.
Step 5: Celebrate! Hide them for an Easter egg hunt or surprise a friend by cracking one over their head—it’s said to bring good luck!
🎥 Watch the video to see how easy it is to make cascarones at home! Watch this video to see how to hollow out egg.
The Meaning Behind Cascarones
Legend has it that if a cascarón is cracked over your head, good luck will follow! This tradition is a playful way to bring joy and positivity to your Easter celebration.
Will you be making cascarones with your family this year? Let me know in the comments!
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How to Make Cascarones
Equipment
- Newspaper, craft paper, or a plastic tablecloth
- Scissors
Ingredients
- Eggs
- Easter egg color kit
- Vinegar, optional for vibrant colored eggs
- Tissue paper, cut into small squares
- Glue
- Paper confetti or hole punched construction paper
Instructions
- Prepare the egg decorating work area by covering your table with newspaper, craft paper, or a plastic tablecloth.
- Be sure to have plenty of napkins handly for little decorators to dry their hands on or to clean up any spills.
- With a spoon, gently tap the top of an egg.
- Remove the bits of shell, peeling away enough to make a small 1/2-inch hole.
- Empty contents of the egg out into a bowl.
- Thoroughly rinse the eggshell and shake out excess water. Let the eggshell air dry upside down in an empty egg carton.
- Dye the eggshells using an egg coloring kit. Add a splash of vinegar to the dye for vibrant color.
- When the eggshells are dry fill with confetti.
- Once filled, apply glue around the outside of the hole and cover with tissue paper.
- Make a dozen or more and celebrate Easter by breaking your cascarones over your friends' or family members' heads.
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Notes
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published: March 2012.
Photos by Jeanine / Adorable photo of li’l Danica courtesy of my cousin Brenda
I was totally unaware of the cascarones tradition when I visited San Miguel de Allende, Mexico about six years ago. I woke up one morning and wandered down to the town plaza only to discover cascarones in full play. It was so much fun! https://vimeo.com/258734858
We would start collecting the egg shells on Ash Wednesday, that would give us enough egg shells for everyone.
nice one yvette
My family has been coloring, filling and cracking eggs over our heads for 4 generations! I am 56 yrs old and eggs have been cracked over heads for at least that long…longer. Its so funny to break in new non-Latino members of the family. They think we’re crazy. The hunt is supposed to be for little kids, no teenagers or adults..but those teenagers and adults always manage to grab a few eggs for themselves. My daughters fiance is working on his 3rd year of cascarone hunting. He LOVES it! It took me an entire year to save 9 doz eggs. I started last Easter, a yr ago, and finally hit my goal of 10 doz eggs.
Making these for the fourth of july–why keep such a fun, special tradition to just one holiday? The eggs will be red, white, and blue! Thanks for the idea!
Fantastic website
My kids love making cascarones! We actually use streamers, instead of tissue paper. We simply “glue” the streamer strips with plain water. It makes it easier and less of a mess. Love the pictures in your tutorial!
I have fantastic memories of growing up in San Antonio with cascarones. Everyone made them (even if we weren’t Hispanic – our predominantly Anglo elementary school made them too as a craft for kids when I was growing up; I am non-Hispanic black). It was just part of the local flavor and culture of Fiesta, which happens in San Antonio every April. We didn’t make them when we moved to New Mexico. But now we’re in DC and attempt to make them every year. It’s a reminder of “home.” 🙂
Loved the story and the pictures! How wonderful to see that people still keep up the tradition. Yes, its work but so worth it! We are orginally from Brownsville, Texas and then moved to Wisconsin! Its crazy cold and not too many Easter egg hunts in the snow. Mami instisted we still carry the tradition. Now with my own family we still make them every year!
Thank you!